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We shall all be happy to see you again.
Your friend and servt
Peter Augustus Jay.
James Fenimore Cooper, Esq., Paris.

FROM S. F. B. MORSE
Havre, Oct. 2d, 1832
My dear Sir,
I have but a moment to write you one line as in a few
hours I shall be under weigh for dear America. I arrived
from England by the way of Southampton a day or two
since and have had every moment till now occupied in
preparations for embarking. I recd yours from Vevay
yesterday, and thank you for it. Yes, Mr. Rives and fam-
ily, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Rogers, Mrs. Palmer and family,
and a full cabin beside accompany me. What shall I do
with such an anti-statistical set^ I wish you were of the
party, to shut their mouths on some points. I shall have
good opportunity to talk with Mr. Rives, whom I like
notwithstanding; I think he has good American feeling
in the main, and means well, although I cannot account
for his permitting you to suffer in the Chambers (and the
General). I will find out that if I can. My journey to
England, change of scene, and air, have restored me won-
derfully. I knew they would. I like John's country, it is
a garden and appears beautifully in contrast with France,
and John's people have excellent qualities, and he has
many good people, but I hate his aristocratic system, and
am more confirmed in my views than ever of its oppres-
sive and unjust character. I saw a great deal of Leslie,
He is the same good fellow that he ever was. Be tender of
him, my dear Sir, I could mention some things which